Toy machine gun



March 13, 1945. w M'AJEWSKI TOY MACHINE GUN Filed April 24, 1945INVENTOR. Walferflggewa/u, ,1 9

Patented Mar. 13, 1945 UNITE-D stares A E T v t 1 2,371,249

.TOY MACHINE GUN Walter Majewski, no w errrar 1 1,,

Application April 24, 1943, Serial No. 484,475

I l Claim. (o1.124-4f9) The present invention'relates to the toy machineguns and forits main object the provision of a gun provided with ahammer, intermittently retractable by means of a multi-pronged cam forintermittently striking and propellin bullets. as the same successivelyfall into the I breech of the gun.

A-still further object of the present invention is the provision of thegun ofthe character indicated; andwhich' may be provided witha breechwith afplurality of bullets disposed thereabove and having a hammershiftable within the breech for the purpose of striking and dischargingbul- 'lets which fall within the breech due to the gravity as the hammeris retracted.

A sun further object of the present invention is the provision of a toymachine gun of, the character above indicatedand whichmay be providedwith'a magazine for bullets and communicating. with thebreech of thegun,'and which magazine may be provided with suitable means for guiding"the bullets into the breech, and one at a time. With the above generalobjects in view and others that will appear as the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawing and pointed'out in the appended claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this application; and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout thesevral views, Y

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the gun;

Fig. 21s a top plan view of the gun;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the butt portion of the gunillustrating the bullet-actuating hammer within the breech and in aninoperative position, the view having been taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the bullet-actuating hammer in aretracted position prepara tory to striking a bullet in the breech;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view through the breech, with abullet therewithin, the view having been taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring in detail to the present drawing there is shown a butt ID witha cavity I] made therethrough, the butt being adapted to receive platel2 on each side thereof, which form closures for said cavity ll. Saidplates 12 are affixed to the butt by means of a plurality of screws l3.Positioned within cavity ll is plate M, which is of resilient, yieldablenature, and which being imbeddedtherein, as at 15.

by its lower ndis rigidly affixed to butt III by Positioned atthe 'upprei'ld of said plate 14,

and rigidly affixed thereto is hammer -I6', made of comparatively heavymaterial. Said hammer I6 is narrower than plate l4 fcrthe purposehereinafter indicated." Intermediately of two ends plate I4 is lug l1rig'idlyaffixed thereto,"and extending from oneface of's'aid plate HL-Said lug; H has its outer face inclined "as at It.

Receivable within'cavity H iscain IB'having a plurality of evenly"spaced prongs each prong 20 having'ar'i arcu'ate face 2| and astraight25, which is also covered by platesl2." Marginal edges of plates l2 andinfront of said extension 25 are bent at right anglesto' forma "pair ofguides 26 with a resultant slot 21 therebetween. Said guides 26,spaced'frorn the front edge of extension 25 and in conjunction therewithand with the adjacent portions of plates 12 constitute a magazine,within which the rear ends of a plurality of bullets 28 are stored. Eachbullet 28 has a circumferential groove 29 made centrally thereof,reducing to that extent the bullet at that point. Said bullets 28 arereceivable within slot 21 at their grooves 29 by virtue of whicharrangement guides 26 prevent bullets 28 from making sliding movementlongitudinally, but permit their horizontal movement and longitudinallyof guides 26.

Rigidly afiixed to the inner face of each plate I2, and below guides 26is plate 30, each.- having lower marginal edge inwardly curved as at 31.The pair of opposed curved edges 3| of plates 3!! effect slot 32 withinwhich hammer I6 is adapted to shift. Said curved edges 3| of plates anconstitute a seat or breech for bullets 28 as the same fall thereupon bygravity when hammer 16 is retracted by cam l9, ,as seen in Fig. 4.

Butt H1 at its upper end and in alignment with breech 3 l--3I isprovided with bore 33 within which the rear end of barrel is positionedand within which the same is frictionally held. Butt I0 is furtherprovided with a forward, horizontal extension 35 upon which barrel 34 isfurther supported, and to which the same may be affixed by binding 36.

g therefrom through its outer end.

35, and may constitute means whereby the gun may be optionally held orsupported'on a tripod.

From the hereinabove description it will beseen that a plurality ofbullets 2'8 are received within magazine defined by the front edge ofextension 35 and the adjacent edges of plates .15

I2, and are held therewithin by guides 26 against movement in alldirection except the vertical direction. By their gravity bullets arepermittedto successively drop upon breech 3I 3l when hammer I6 isretracted. When hammer i6 is in its inoperative position illustrated inFig. 3, the same constitutes support for bullets and constitutes themeans for preventing the same to shift downwardly into breech 3 l---3Assuming that cam I 9 is rotated into the direc-;

tion indicated by an arrow in Fig. 4, arcuate face 2| of one of prongs20, bearing against and riding upon the inclined face It of lug ll willangularly shift resilient plate I4, retracting hammer Hi from the breechand from the path of bullets 28, permitting a single bullet to drop uponbreech 3l-3|. Further shiftingofcaml9 will disconnect the outermostpoint of pron 20 from its engagement with lug l1, permitting said lu toautomatically fall back and along straight face 22 of prong 20 and uponthe base of the arcuate face'ZI of the next succeeding prong 20 of thecam. This last operation will abruptly release hammer Hi from itsretracted position, causing the same to shift Within slot 32 and againstbulletqdo 28 reposingin the breech, causing the bullet to be propelledthrough barrel 34 and outwardly When bullets 28 are shot at a targetmadeout at their outer ends with pins 4! to be driven into the targetand remain in engagement therewith so as to indicate the accuracy of theaim of the shooter.

The intermittent shifting movement of hammer l6 striking at bullets 28as well as the intermittent contactua1 engagement of lug I1 at the basesof arcuate faces 21 of several prongs 20 of cam l9, will causeintermittent reports, simulating the rattle of a machine gun.

The time within which a plurality of bullets 28 are shot out of the gundepends of course upon the speed with which cam I9 is rotated by handle24.

While there i described herein a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bemade therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

In a toy machine gun, a butt embodying a solid vertical plate-like buttmember having a relatively large transverse opening therethrough,closure plates secured to opposite sides of said butt member and closingsaid transverse opening to define a cavity in the butt, the upperforward portion of said butt member having a longitudinal horizontalbore therein above the forward portion of said cavity, a barrel havingits rear end fitted in said bore, said butt member having an opening inthe top thereof rearwardly of the barrel to permit downward passage of abullet to a position in alinement with the barrel, means to support thebullet in such position, and a springprojected bullet-propelling hammerand a manually operable element for intermittently retracting saidhammer mounted within said cavity, said butt member and said closureplates having upward extension projecting above the barrel, theextensions of'the closure plates extending forwardly of the extension ofthe butt member and coacting with the latter to form a bullet magazine,the forward vertical edge portions of the closure plate extension beingbent inwardly at right angles to engage in the groove of periphf of woodor cardboard, the same may be provided 7.? many groovedbunets WALTERMAJEWSKI.

